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United States. Navy

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Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Frank M. Folsom Papers

 Fonds
Identifier: FOL
Scope and Content

Correspondence, 1923-1960s; speeches by Folsom, 1940s; diaries and daily logs, 1940s-1960s; photographs, scrapbooks, and clippings involving Folsom, 1943-1963; and printed material including reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 1957-1963.

Dates: 1923-1970

Herbert Benezet Tyson Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5010
Abstract

A group of 5 letters written by naval lieutenant Herbert Benezet Tyson of the U.S.S. Connecticut, during that ship's cruise to and around the Caribbean in winter/spring 1865.

Dates: 1865

Marshall Smelser Papers

 Fonds
Identifier: SME
Scope and Content Correspondence with Eugene McCarthy, Hubert Humphrey, and others; diaries, financial records, legal documents, manuscripts, memoranda, research and writing notes, sheet music, teaching material, booklets, and clippings; concerning his career as a history professor, his travels, his political activities, his research, his advice to the administration of Cardinal Newman College, and his lifelong interest in baseball. Also the manuscript of his book The Winning of Independence...
Dates: 1864-1968.

Michael Quin Documents

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 2013
Scope and Contents This collection consists of State Department copies of documents sent by British Ambassador Lord Lyons to U. S. Secretary of State William H. Seward on 8 August 1863, now being forwarded, on 13 August, to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, accompanied by a cover letter signed by Seward. The case itself was months old, and had spawned a good deal of paperwork prior to the appearance of this particular batch of documents. The two key items are; 1) a seven-page affidavit of Quinn's describing...
Dates: 1863

Pugh Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5009
Abstract

A group of 12 letters written by the Western Pennsylvania Quakers John and Joseph Pugh during the Civil War. Included are 6 letters written by John during his service aboard the U.S.S. Quaker City, of the navy's East Gulf Blockading Squadron.

Dates: 1862-1864

Robert B. Drinan Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 5009
Abstract

The correspondence and naval mementos of Robert B. Drinan, dating from his period of service as apprentice in the United States Navy (1896/7-1901).

Dates: 1897-1973; Majority of material found within 1897-1901

Salute! Junior Edition

 Item
Identifier: EPH 5052
Scope and Contents

One game manufactured by Selchow & Righter Company. Players roll dice and move pieces across a board marked to represent promotions and demotions in rank for the four United States Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Corps. The player who reaches the center of the board first becomes Commander in Chief and leads the other players in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Dates: 1940

U.S.S. Bonita Mexican War Journal

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/EA 8006
Abstract

A personal journal kept by the purser of the schooner-gunboat U.S.S. Bonita during the U.S.-Mexican War, 1846-1847.

Dates: 1846-1847

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Letters (correspondence) 4
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blockades -- Sources 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations -- Sources 2
Board games (game sets) 1